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Customizing Semantic UI
If you’ve checked out my Pluralsight Course on Semantic UI you’ll know that it goes through the basics of Semantic, but doesn’t look at customizations. Being able to customize Semantic is one of its...
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This week I’ve been at Codemash in Sandusky, OH. It’s a conference I had heard of but never attended. In 2016, I decided I was going to start submitting to different conferences, ones slightly outside...
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The Need for Wisdom
Myopic Software Development I know nothing about software development! I have developed software professionally for 17 years. And yet, I know nothing about software development. I have contributed to...
View ArticleThe Meaning of Unit Test Data
The data you use in your unit test communicates messages you might not be meaning to communicate. For the sake of this post, unit testing means any tests written to test a specific portion, or unit,...
View ArticleTools vs Experience
One of the first major mistakes I made as a software engineer involved strings. It happened about 15 years ago. I had written a tool to log out data link traffic to an encrypted file. That part was...
View ArticleMy Own Nuclear Option, or How I Learned About Unintended Consequences
As I watched another speaker drone on and on for his 3 minute block I looked at the clock. If I could just make it through this speaker, the first round of student congress would be over. I could enjoy...
View ArticleConference Speaking as an Act of Worship
For as long as I can remember, I’m not a huge fan of being away from home. I was the kid that would come over to your house for a sleepover and then get homesick. That is, if I actually made it to your...
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The Power of Networking
I accomplished something today that I will likely never accomplish again. I created a hashtag that was trending in the United States. Last night a friend and fellow conference speaker Sarah Withee...
View ArticleI’ve Wasted It
Over the past couple months, I’ve been doing more thinking and reading about what it means to be a software developer who works for the glory of Christ. One of my favorite sermons ever is by a preacher...
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Creating a NodeJS Development Environment With Docker
For my next Pluralsight course, I need an API to demonstrate some of the concepts. I want to give my viewers the ability to run the same API. I could have done this by creating an API and publishing it...
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What Changing Struts Taught Me About Software Engineering
I just spent over 10 hours doing something that should have taken about 2 hours. I mis-estimated the amount of time it would take me by 500%. I changed the struts on one of our cars this weekend. I...
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Automating My Apps With OSX Automator
Over the past few months I’ve been using the same laptop at the office as I have at home. For the most part, I’ve enjoyed it. One thing that has been annoying, though, was closing down things I was...
View ArticleI’m Only Finite
Over the past couple years I’ve listened to a lot of podcasts. Some have been for entertainment such as Hang Out With Me by Myq Kaplan, Strangers, or Criminal. Others were more informative like Stuff...
View ArticleTools vs Experience
One of the first major mistakes I made as a software engineer involved strings. It happened about 15 years ago. I had written a tool to log out data link traffic to an encrypted file. That part was...
View ArticleMy Own Nuclear Option, or How I Learned About Unintended Consequences
As I watched another speaker drone on and on for his 3 minute block I looked at the clock. If I could just make it through this speaker, the first round of student congress would be over. I could enjoy...
View ArticleConference Speaking as an Act of Worship
For as long as I can remember, I’m not a huge fan of being away from home. I was the kid that would come over to your house for a sleepover and then get homesick. That is, if I actually made it to your...
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The Power of Networking
I accomplished something today that I will likely never accomplish again. I created a hashtag that was trending in the United States. Last night a friend and fellow conference speaker Sarah Withee...
View ArticleI’ve Wasted It
Over the past couple months, I’ve been doing more thinking and reading about what it means to be a software developer who works for the glory of Christ. One of my favorite sermons ever is by a preacher...
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Creating a NodeJS Development Environment With Docker
For my next Pluralsight course, I need an API to demonstrate some of the concepts. I want to give my viewers the ability to run the same API. I could have done this by creating an API and publishing it...
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What Changing Struts Taught Me About Software Engineering
I just spent over 10 hours doing something that should have taken about 2 hours. I mis-estimated the amount of time it would take me by 500%. I changed the struts on one of our cars this weekend. I...
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